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Ross McElwee

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Born: July 21, 1947
From: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, and Harvard professor, known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey of some sort. McElwee is a 1971 graduate of Brown University, and received his MS from MIT in 1977. He received the Career Award at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Known for

Sherman's March

Bright Leaves

1988 Series 6.9

Time Indefinite

Photographic Memory

Six O'Clock News

Filmography

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2026

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2011

Photographic Memory

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2009

Crew (Thanks)

2008

In Paraguay

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2004

Bright Leaves

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2000

No Vladimir

Production (Supervising Producer)

1997

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Acting (Self)

Six O'Clock News

Acting (Himself) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Editing (Editor) Camera (Director of Photography)

1993

Time Indefinite

Acting (Himself) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Camera (Director of Photography)

1991

Something to Do with the Wall

Acting (Narrator) Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography)

1988

POV

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1986

Sherman's March

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1984

Acting (Himself) Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography)

1981

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

Camera (Director of Photography)

Resident Exile

Production (Producer) Editing (Editor) Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography)

1979

Space Coast

Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography)

1977

Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

Acting (Himself) Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography)

1976

68 Albany Street

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1974

20,000 Missing Persons

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